, water supply, we can clean û and the most wonderful thing is that they gave us a path to prosperity. >>reporter: across guizhou's wudang district alone û an area around the size of new york city û theauthorities have helped fund over a thousand new homes, as well constructing roads and bridges to connect remote communities with the market. >>the zhong family in hongqi village says all this makes a big difference to their living standards û as do other specific farming policies. >>zhong: the government helps to finance purchases of seeds and they also send experts here to advise us û especially those agricultural technologists. >>reporter: the policies are designed to boost rural net incomes û and so spur domestic demand enough to help cover the collapse in exports and meet the government's, ambitious, 8 percent growth target. >>in a bid to supercharge spending, right now, farmers can also qualify for vouchers that rebate up to 15 percent on home appliance purchases >> -- a scheme that could generate, this year, over 20 billion dollars in sales of warehoused washing machines, re